That's Why Her Hair Is So Big...

...it's full of secrets.

Disney meets Mean Girls. This is inspired.



[Via Patrick from Make and Deux]

Well, That Wouldn't Tickle...

Cat Face in 'Snow Joke'.

Festive Feline

The inimitable Simon's Cat in 'Snow Business'.



One question: where's Simon?

[Via: Girl From The Hills]

Don't You Know I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter?

Me too, Cat Face.

If You Feel Your Head Is Lacking Pizzazz...

...this might help.



In case you haven't seen it, 'Welcome To Our House' is inspired by Brenda Dickson's 'Welcome To My Home' videos, which were tragically removed from Youtube earlier this year when she decided to try and cash in on their cult following.

[via Dónal]

Kitty Litterature

A new short but sweet instalment of 'Simon's Cat' has surfaced to coincide with the release of the first Simon's Cat book.

Behold 'Hot Spot':



The book by animator Simon Tofield is available on Amazon and I'm adding it to my Christmas wishlist.

Completely Hooked

On Pogo's mash-up videos, that is.

This latest one is great but I'm not sure if anything will quite top 'Alice' but I'm certainly looking forward to his next project - a Winnie the Pooh mash-up.

Run, Trendy Boys, Run!

The video for The Drums' rather excellent track, 'Let's Go Surfing', is hilarious. I just can't quite figure out how much of the hilarity is intentional...



The guy in the green vest deserves some sort of prize.

Download the track here.

Not There Yet...

Quite an old video but still painfully relevant.

That Better Not Be A Pun

At this point, even I'm getting a bit tired of Cat Face but episode 15 has its moments:



Silly Box-Cat indeed.

Dominozzz

[via Devin Castro]

Return of Simon's Cat

If you're unfamiliar with the best web-toon on the inter-web, click here to see the previous episodes.

Are You Making This Magic?

Pogo, the man responsible for 'Alice' and 'Expialidocious', has produced yet another brilliant remix.

'Mary's Magic' uses samples from 'The Secret Garden' and the accompanying visuals remind me of why I loved this film as a child.

I Start Spinning, Slipping Out Of Time...

I really love this unofficial video for 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' by Florence and the Machine. The song is one of my favourites of the year and, as much as I like the original video, I can't help but prefer this interpretation by Pretty Monkey Studio. The use of clips from a 1935 film version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is inspired:



[via Neon Gold]

If Only My Procrastination Were This Productive...

I love this video, 'Deadline', directed by Bang-yao Liu. It's so good you can almose forgive the ridiculously obvious choice of Royksopp's 'Eple' as the backing track.




[via Devin Castro]

Screw The Hoedown Throwdown. I Wanna Learn The 'Molly Ringwald'

I wanted to post this a few days ago but decided against it because of the slew of music videos I'd already posted. It's a fan-made video for Phoenix's brilliant 'Lisztomania', using scenes from various 'brat pack' films, such as 'The Breakfast Club', 'Pretty in Pink', 'Footloose', and 'Mannequin'.


The French band have even gone on record calling it "their best video", despite the fact that they spent a fortune on the official version. High praise indeed.

Private Eyes

I was interviewed last week about my views on online privacy as part of the ongoing 'Privacy For Sale' campaign.

I'm not sure how worthy I am of the tag 'blogger' but this is the label I've been given in the clip. Check it out:



More clips can be found on Privacy For Sale's Youtube channel.

But Wait, There's More

Remember Alice? Well, despite the fact that the video is almost two years old, its recent surge in popularity appear to have spurred its creator, Pogo, into resuming his craft.

In the past two months, he's posted three new clips to his youtube channel. Neither of the first two of these quite lived up to 'Alice' but his latest attempt comes close.

Behold 'Expialidocious':



[via Devin Castro]

Box Cat

Croí an Choinín

I posted some stills from Florence & The Machine's new video for 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' a couple of days ago. The video itself has now materialised and it's suitably ethereal and fantastical. I love it.



There's a certain Mad Hatter's Tea Party vibe to the whole affair, isn't there?

Incidentally, the lovely Dave McGovern drew my attention to this amazing video, which features a dance track made up almost entirely of pieces of dialogue from Disney's Alice in Wonderland.



I can't help but hear Alice say 'Mary said follow it along but I won't grovel'. Amazing.